mcallaster



G. R. McALLASTER.

BED. APPLICATION mm ocr. 7. 192|.

Patented June 6,1922.

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-w ATTORNEYS GEORGE E. MGALLASTER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

BED.-

Application filed October 7, 1921. Serial no. 506,077.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. MoAL- LASTER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in' Beds, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to beds and more particularly to the type in which a bed frame is mounted to swing on a support to a lowered and an upright position, an object of this invention being. toprovide a screening means which may be utilized for screening the bed bottom when the latter is raised in an upright position, and for screening one side of the bed frame when the latter is in a lowered position. Another object of this invention is to provide a screening means formed of a number of hingedly connected sections adapted to be arranged in a large variety of positions with reference to the bed frame so as to produce different screening efiects. v

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and-combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of an embodiment of the invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a plan view'ofthe base or support showing the manner in which the screening means is mounted thereon;

Fig. 3 shows the base or support with the screening means thereon adjusted to lie' at one side of the base;

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the bed frame in lowered position and the screening means lying at one side;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view showing the bed frame in raised position and thescreening means covering the bottom and sides of the bed;

Fig. 6 is a view in elevation showing the screening means in front of the bed when the latter is in raised position;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary plan view of another embodiment of the invention in which the screening means embodies a plurality of hingedly connected screening members Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view inelevation of the embodiment shown in Fig.

.Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic View .of the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, showing the bed'frame in lowered position and the screening means folded at one side thereof; and T f F ig; 10 is a-diagrammatic View ofthe sec tions shown'in Figs. 7 and 9, the bed frame being lowered and the screen member in position to screen the bed from the side,

j In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1. to 6 there is provided a support comprising, in this instance, two base pieces 1 from each of which rises an .upright 2, the uprights being connected byone or more cross pieces 3. The ,bed frame, which may be of any suitable form, in this instance comprises side pieces 4. pivoted at 5 tothe uprights 2. and connected by cross pieces 6 and 7, thelatter being supported by I frames Sin spacedrelation to the side pieces 4. A fabric 9 connects the cross pieces 6 and 7'. The outer end of the frame may be supported bylegs 1O pivoted at 11 to the side pieces 4 and connected by links 12 with the supports 2, the links being pivoted at 13 to the legs-10 and at 14 to the supports. It follows that this construction permits the bed frameto. swing on the support to assume either a substantially horizontal position or substantially an upright position. None of the forc going parts per se are claimed herein.

The feature. of this invention is a screening means one form of which is illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, and another form ofwhich is illustrated in Figs. .7 to 10, in-

clus-ive. I

In the embodiment of the invention illus-.

trated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the screen is in the form of a curtain or drapery 15 which is suspended from its upper edge by a frame comprising, in this instance, 'a central por-' tion 16 and two end portions 17 the end portions being hinged at 18 to the centralpor tion so that they may .lie in alinement'with the central portion or may be folded at angles to the central portion. This frame is so mounted upon the bed that it may support the screen 15 in front of the bed whenthe latter is in anupright position, as shown in Figsl, 5 and- 6, or the screen-may. lie to one side of the bed to hide such a bed from view. whenthe bed is in lowered position, as shown in Fig. 4. f

Thesupporting means porting frame, in this instance, comprises for the screen sup- 2 2 on either of the'bed supporting members 2 about an upright axis and also having a main vertical portion 19 out of line with the portion 21 and pivotally connected to the vertical portion 22 ofthe member at a point 23 which is eccentric to the turning axis of the support on the bed support. The member 20 turns in a socket 24 formed in a member 24L slidably supported on the central' portion 16 of the screen supporting frame and about a vertical axis which is out or line with the pivot 23 between the members 19 and 20. A brace 25 is pivotally connected' at'either 26 or 26?, according to which side of the bed frame the screen is mounted, to the central portion 16 and has a perforated end 27 surrounding the member 20, an adjustable collar 28 being. provided about the member 20 and below said perforated end portion 27 so that the outer end of the central portion 16, with the adjacent end portion 17, may be sustained in a horizontal plane and against sagging. The perforated end 27 permits the brace to swing on the member 20 and also permits the brace to be removed from the member 20 with the screen supporting frame members 16 and 17 The member'20 is connected with the member 19 in such-manner thatit may be separated therefrom, and'the member 19 connects with either of the bed supports 2 so that it may be separated therefrom.

the length of the bed. When the bed frame is in upright position, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the pivotally connected members 19 and 20 will permit the screen member to lie transversely of the length of the bed and the side pieces 17 may each be swung at an angle to the central portion'16 so as to cover the sides of the bed.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive, the bed frame is the same as that shown in Figs. 1' to 6, inclusive, as is also the support for the bed frame. The member 19 has a vertical portion- 21 turning in the bearing 2 on the upright 2' about anupright axis. A member 20 is U shaped in form and has one arm turning on the member 19, while the other arm is journalled in perforated lugs 24* on the screen. The screen, in this embodiment of the invention, embodies a plurality of sections 15" connected by hinges 15 which are of well-known type of three leaves, the hinges being arranged in pairs and so disposed that adjacent sections may swing in either direction relatively to each other.

purposes. The construction of the screening means is simple in operation and is readily moved to its different positions.

. l Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

' 1. In combination with a support-and a bed frame movable to a loweredand an upright position on the support, a screening.

means, and means movably connecting the screening means with the support to permit the screening means to move to one side of the bed frame when the latter is in a lowered position tohide said side of the bed, and to'move it in front of the bed to cover the bottom of the bed frame when the latter is in an upright position.

2. In combination with a support and a bed frame movable toa lowered and an upright position on the support, a screening means, two members movably connecting said screening means with the support, one of said members being pivotally connected to the support about an upright axis and the other being pivotally connected to the screening means about an upright axis, the twomembers being pivotally connected to each other about an axis which is out 'of line with the pivotal connections of said members with the support and the screening means.

3. In combination with a support and abedframe movabletoa lowered and an up-- right position on the support, a screening means embodying a plurality of" hinged members mounted to turn about an upright axis, and two. members one pivotally. connected to the support and the other pivotally connected to one of the hinged members of the screening means both about an upright axis, said two members also being pivotally connected to swing about an upright axis out of line with the pivotal connections of the support and the screening means.

4. In combination with a support and a bed frame movable to a lowered and an upright position on the support, a screening means embodying hingedly connected members, and a drapery suspended from" said members, and means connecting said screening members with the support embodying two members one of which is pivotally connected near its lower end to the support to turn about an upright axis and the other of which. is pivotally connected toone of the hinged members of the screeningmeanst'o turn about an upright axis, said two members being pivotally connected together to turn about an upright axis out of line with and between the pivotal connections of said members with the support and the screening means.

5. In combination with a support and a bed frame movable to a lowered and an upright position on the support, a screening means embodying hingedly connected members, and a drapery'suspended from said members, means connecting said screening members with the support embodying two members one of which is pivotally con-* nected near its lower end to the support to turn about an upright axis and the other of which is pivotally connected to one of the hinged members ofthe screening means to turn about an upright axis,said two members being pivotally connected together to turn about an upright axis out of line with and between the pivotal connections of said members with the support and the screening means, and a brace pivotally connected to one of the hinged members of the screening means and mounted to turn on the member to which said screening means is pivotally connected.

6. In combination with a support and a' bers, a drapery suspended from said hinged members, a member having a vertical por tion mounted to turn on the support about an upright axis, another member having a portion mounted to turn on the first'name'd member about an upright axis out of line with the axis about which the first named member turns on the support and having the central member of the screening means mounted to turn thereon about an axis out of line with the axis about which such second member turns on the first named member.

. GEORGE RQMoALLASTER. 

